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Hancock

TheSwingHorse August 16, 2011 August 16, 2011

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I don't know why I have never thought about this particularly before. People often refer to "Hancock roans" and that the Hancocks have a very distinct roan type which I can see visually sometimes. Now... when they are referring to Hancock, I think of the original Joe Hancock and not his offspring. As far as I could see, he was just brown. So why the attachment with him and roan??

Daylene Alford Tue, 08/16/2011 - 06:57

There was a roan son of Joe Hancock called Red Man. He is the source of the roan in the Hancock lines, mostly through his son Blue Valentine.

I'm not sure what you mean by a distinctive roan. Most of the Hancock roans are classic roan although rabincano is often in the mix. The roans I have get their roan from Hancock lines and it looks like regular classic roan.

The Merritt and Hayes Ranches are the of the most famous breeders of Hancock roans.

A good site with more information is http://www.hancockhorses.com/

TheSwingHorse Tue, 08/16/2011 - 12:02

See, I thought it must have been the offspring. Like Red Man and Roan Hancock since we have Hancock bred horses and I know the lines, etc. But everyone kept referring to Joe Hancock and it just clicked in my head yesterday that "Uh... that doesn't work?" lol

And by distinct type, I don't mean genetically. Some people say you can tell a Hancock/Blue Valentine bred roan from others. And I have seen this on occasion but not enough to think its a for sure "look" if that makes sense.

Monsterpony Tue, 08/16/2011 - 19:54

I think that you can tell a Hancock bred horse by conformation/body type rather than and/or as well as the roan.

Morgan Wed, 09/07/2011 - 14:40

Yes, it's the entire "look" more than the color. I have a new client yesterday and I knew right off the bat it was a Blue Valentine/Hancock horse. It's sort of like how you can easily peg a Nu Chex horse, especially if it happens to have the coloring.

Krickette Mon, 10/10/2011 - 11:41

I've always heard of hancock horses as a bad thing >.< Like bred for color rather than good conformation. I guess that could just be as false as could be, but a friend from 4H had one and he was about as hammer headed as they come...